Amendment #730 to H4100

10 Day Bed Holds

Representatives Hogan of Stow, DiNatale of Fitchburg, Gifford of Wareham, Dwyer of Woburn, Brodeur of Melrose, Timilty of Milton, Provost of Somerville, Fernandes of Milford, Sullivan of Fall River, Peisch of Wellesley, Coakley-Rivera of Springfield, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Scaccia of Boston, Galvin of Canton, Andrews of Orange, Walsh of Framingham, Nyman of Hanover, Kafka of Stoughton, Benson of Lunenburg, Creedon of Brockton, Canavan of Brockton, Peake of Provincetown, Sciortino of Medford, Hecht of Watertown, Durant of Spencer, Fox of Boston, O'Day of West Boylston, Khan of Newton, Calter of Kingston, Murphy of Lowell, Ashe of Longmeadow, Schmid of Westport, Fennell of Lynn, Cusack of Braintree, McMurtry of Dedham and Golden of Lowell move to amend the bill in Section 2, in item 4000-0640, in line 9, by inserting after the words “the acts of 1996” the following:

“provided further, that funds shall be expended in an amount not less than that appropriated in fiscal year 2011 for purposes of reimbursing nursing facilities for up to 10 bed hold days for patients of the facility on medical and non-medical leaves of absence;”